Richmond city

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

2,575

1.30%

89.32%

Three Races

286

0.14%

9.92%

Four Races

17

0.01%

0.59%

Five Races

5

0.00%

0.17%

Six Races

0

0.00%

0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and Black

620

0.31%

21.51%

2.

Black and American Indian

374

0.19%

12.97%

3.

Black and Some Other Race

357

0.18%

12.38%

4.

White and Some Other Race

348

0.18%

12.07%

5.

White and American Indian

249

0.13%

8.64%

6.

White and Asian

248

0.13%

8.60%

7.

White and Black and American Indian

152

0.08%

5.27%

8.

Black and Asian

88

0.04%

3.05%

9.

Asian and Some Other Race

80

0.04%

2.77%

10.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

69

0.03%

2.39%

11.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

58

0.03%

2.01%

12.

White and Black and Some Other Race

52

0.03%

1.80%

13.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

37

0.02%

1.28%

14.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

19

0.01%

0.66%

15.

American Indian and Asian

16

0.01%

0.55%

16.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

14

0.01%

0.49%

17.

Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

12

0.01%

0.42%

18.

American Indian and Some Other Race

11

0.01%

0.38%

19.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian

11

0.01%

0.38%

20.

White and Black and Asian

10

0.01%

0.35%

21.

Black and Asian and Some Other Race

9

0.00%

0.31%

22.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

8

0.00%

0.28%

23.

Black and American Indian and Asian

7

0.00%

0.24%

24.

White and American Indian and Asian

6

0.00%

0.21%

25.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

5

0.00%

0.17%

26.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

4

0.00%

0.14%

27.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4

0.00%

0.14%

28.

White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

3

0.00%

0.10%

29.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.07%

30.

White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.07%

31.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander